Samurai Rising [Book Club Set]
The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]
Format: Kit
Related Information: https://www.richlandlibrary.com/services/reserve-book-club-set
Description: Includes 15 paperback books in one bag.
Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills. --Publisher's description.
Contents:
Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 CE -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps.
Subjects:
Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189 -- Teen literature.
Generals -- Japan -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Samurai -- Japan -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Book club set, Teen
Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Teen literature.
Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189 -- Teen literature.
Generals -- Japan -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Samurai -- Japan -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Book club set, Teen
Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 950L
ISBN:
9781580895842 (reinforced for library use)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BOOK CLUB SET Samurai | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book Club Set | Out (Due: 6/3/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.